Canada vs Chile - prediction, team news, lineups

For the archetypal clip this century, Chile volition question to Canada for an planetary affable connected Saturday astatine BMO Field successful Toronto.

The teams past faced each different successful the radical signifier of the 2024 Copa America, with that outing ending successful a 0-0 gully and allowing Canada to beforehand into the knockout stage.

Match preview

Following a historical and palmy World Cup campaign, Canada instrumentality to the planetary stage, hoping to physique disconnected their tally to the past 16 this past summer.

Jesse Marsch’s men person 3 upcoming friendlies earlier they statesman the adjacent CONCACAF Nations League run arsenic they are automatically done to the quarter-finals of that tournament.

They participate this lucifer having mislaid 2 of their past 3 planetary outings, exiting the World Cup this summertime against Morocco successful the circular of 16 (3-0).

That said, they volition participate this contention having suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past 8 planetary affairs connected Canadian soil, losing 1-0 to Switzerland successful their last radical fixture astatine the 2026 World Cup.

It has been astir 3 years since they past mislaid astatine BMO Field, erstwhile Jamaica edged them 3-2 successful the Nations League quarter-finals, ousting them from the competition.

Les Rouges tin agelong their unbeaten tally against South American absorption to 4 matches with a triumph oregon gully this weekend, blanking Venezuela 2-0 successful a November 2025 affable successful Fort Lauderdale.

After missing retired connected a 3rd successive World Cup this past summer, Chile person had a batch of clip to hole for these upcoming friendlies arsenic they purpose to rebuild a squad that was erstwhile a unit successful CONMEBOL.

Under Nicolas Cordova, the broadside that won consecutive Copa America crowns successful 2015 and 2016 person mislaid conscionable 1 of their past six internationals, defeating Congo 2-1 successful June.

They person recovered the backmost of the nett successful 5 consecutive planetary outings, portion conceding a extremity oregon less successful 5 of their past six games.

Chile person not mislaid a crippled to a CONCACAF federation this decade, crushing their past hostile from that region, Panama, 5-0 successful a 2023 friendly.

In 2026, they person yet to suffer a crippled erstwhile netting an opening fractional goal, doing truthful lone erstwhile this twelvemonth successful a 4-2 triumph implicit Cape Verde.

Saturday volition people the sixth clip these teams quadrate off, with La Roja unbeaten successful those past 3 meetings, including a 2-1 triumph successful their past sojourn to the Great White North successful 1995, which won them the Canada Cup.

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Team News

Canada Captain Alphonso Davies, who missed astir of the World Cup done injury, volition not beryllium disposable arsenic helium is taking a delayed honeymoon, portion their first-choice goalkeeper astatine the 2026 finals, Maxime Crepeau, is unavailable owed to a idiosyncratic matter.

At the aforesaid clip Derek Corneliues sustained a lower-body wounded successful grooming and is unavailable, portion Jeevan Badwal is dealing with a hamstring strain and Moise Bombito is recovering from tibia surgery.

Jonathan David, the nation’s grounds goalscorer, tin surpass Paul Stalteri for 5th successful all-time caps if helium features successful each 3 of their upcoming friendlies, portion Richie Laryea tin determination beyond Milan Borjan for ninth if helium plays this weekend.

The astir notable omission from the Chile squad was Alexis Sanchez, the country’s grounds goalscorer, who presently plays successful Canada for CF Montreal and was not called up arsenic portion of the generational overhaul.

Five Chileans volition beryllium seeking their archetypal caps for the elder squad connected Saturday, including Leandro Hernandez and Christian Bravo, who is not related to the erstwhile iconic Chilean goalkeeper Claudio, whom helium idolized.

Benjamin Kuscevic volition cognize BMO Field good arsenic helium plays determination successful MLS for Toronto, portion Ben Brereton Diaz is the apical Chilean goalscorer selected for this model with 10 strikes.

Canada imaginable starting lineup:

St. Clair; Sigur, Knight-Lebel, De Fougerolles, Laryea; Buchanan, Choiniere, Eustaquio, Shaffelburg; J. David, Larin

Chile imaginable starting lineup:

Vigouroux; Faundez, Kuscevic, Roman, Suazo; Mendez, Pizarro; Osorio, Cepeda, Diaz; Tapia

We say: Canada 1-1 Chile

The Canadians person been without immoderate of their champion players for a while, and though the endowment excavation is deep, we bash not judge they volition beryllium arsenic potent arsenic we saw astatine times during the World Cup.

Chile person a bully premix of players with imaginable who person shown consistency of precocious and could astonishment the Canadians, who are good supra them successful the FIFA rankings.